It looks like the patch finally made into the release. So the
just-released minicom 1.83.0 seems to contain the fix that makes It work
with the internal modem. I didn't try but I did look at the source.
I suggest distribution makers test it and make the update for their next
rounds of CDs.
For those still using the previous version, here's the patch:
>--- minicom-1.82.orig/src/main.c Thu Aug 27 00:54:16 1998
>+++ minicom-1.82/src/main.c Thu Oct 14 16:20:00 1999
>@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
> if (setjmp(albuf) == 0) {
> portfd = -1;
> signal(SIGALRM, get_alrm);
>- alarm(2);
>+ alarm(4);
> #if defined(O_NDELAY) && defined(F_SETFL)
> portfd = open(dial_tty, O_RDWR|O_NDELAY);
> if (portfd >= 0){
>